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Nature is the Cure: Engineering Natural Redox Cofactors for Biomimetic and Bioinspired Catalysis
Author(s) -
DesageEl Murr Marine
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201901642
Subject(s) - redox , catalysis , electron transfer , nanotechnology , cofactor , chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , interfacing , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , molecule , computer hardware , enzyme
Metalloenzymes are nature's own catalysts and offer as such endless inspirational source for the chemists seeking selectivity in transformations. Metalloenzymes involved in oxidoreduction processes have specific subunits dedicated to electron and proton transfer, and these so‐called redox cofactors perform highly orchestrated redox events. This minireview offers a perspective on the development of biomimetic and bioinspired innovative approaches interfacing redox cofactors engineering with metal‐based catalysis, nanochemistry, light‐activation, supramolecular chemistry and artificial metalloenzymes to devise and build new synthetic systems using nature's finest electron transfer tools.